Lesley University DigitalCommons@Lesley Educational Studies Dissertations Graduate School of Education (GSOE) Summer 8-25-2019 An Examination of Francophone African-born Adult Immigrant Family Members’ Narratives Regarding Their Children’s Early Language and Literacy Development Kimberly Joyce-Bernard Lesley University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/education_dissertations Part of the Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, and the Early Childhood Education Commons Recommended Citation Joyce-Bernard, Kimberly, "An Examination of Francophone African-born Adult Immigrant Family Members’ Narratives Regarding Their Children’s Early Language and Literacy Development" (2019). Educational Studies Dissertations. 149. https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/education_dissertations/149 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School of Education (GSOE) at DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Educational Studies Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Running head: Francophone African Immigrants and Early Literacy i An Examination of Francophone African-born Adult Immigrant Family Members’ Narratives Regarding Their Children’s Early Language and Literacy Development A Dissertation Presented by Kimberly M. Joyce-Bernard Submitted to the Graduate School of Education Lesley University in partial fulfillment of the requirements